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Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction guzzling a bottle of Napa Merlot during his performance on the WillPower Stage at Bottle Rock Napa Valley Saturday evening. May 11, 2013. Photo: The Chronicle/Erik Castro

From the local scene:

In the wake of the disastrous Napa wine/music fest that was BottleRock 2013, BR Festivals LLC, the entity that produced it, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection: “The filing details the financial distress the producers, Bob Vogt and Gabe Meyers, faced after the May 2013 music festival. With tens of thousands of people attending the five-day event at the Napa Expo, the festival had a total of $11.2 million in gross receipts, ‘not including food and beverage’ funds due from one contractor, the documents indicate.” [Napa Valley Register]

Officer cited for pulling out his gun (not a euphemism) to impress a waitress at IHOP. [KTVU]

DC critic Tom Sietsema recaps his trip to San Francisco, where he files substantial thoughts on The Cavalier (“I can’t recall eating better, or bigger, Scotch eggs”), French Blue (“The guy makes a mean mushroom soup”), and Tosca Cafe (“Bloomfield shows takers how much joy can be coaxed from just a few good ingredients”). [Washington Post]

From the national scene:

Ryan Sutton reviews Contra in New York: “Though Contra did offer buttered goat brains a few weeks back as a supplement. How did they taste? Like scrambled eggs and you might’ve mistaken them as such if they weren’t served out of the goat’s own cranial cavity.” [Bloomberg]

Five myths about ice debunked, including the age-old Scotch/ice question. [Serious Eats]